Thanks Sam, that’s a really interesting article which more or less states how I feel about the whole idea of motion comics; a lot of potential, but not really there yet.
Couldn’t get the itunes link because of some UK/US thing (?), but I’ll keep trying.
Cheers,
Warren
I looked at “N”, the S King “dramatised online comic”. It’s impressive and certainly attractive, but at the same time it makes me wonder why it’s not simply an animated short?
It’s like a halfway house. I would say it is actually an animated short rather than an “online comic”. An animated short that uses stills and the illusion of panning over a still space. An interesting idea and technique, but I read it as a very slow animation, suspense.
It’s still a totally different experience to the comic reading experience, where you can scan the page with your eyes and take the story in in your own pace and order!
Hi Warren,
just a quick note regarding the digital comics that we spoke about last time I was in. I came across this article that might be of interest to you:
http://guttergeek.com/motioncomics/motioncomics.html
and here is a link to the watchmen comics (on itunes):
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewTVSeason?id=284790710&s=143441
See you next week….
Sam
Thanks Sam, that’s a really interesting article which more or less states how I feel about the whole idea of motion comics; a lot of potential, but not really there yet.
Couldn’t get the itunes link because of some UK/US thing (?), but I’ll keep trying.
Cheers,
Warren
I looked at “N”, the S King “dramatised online comic”. It’s impressive and certainly attractive, but at the same time it makes me wonder why it’s not simply an animated short?
It’s like a halfway house. I would say it is actually an animated short rather than an “online comic”. An animated short that uses stills and the illusion of panning over a still space. An interesting idea and technique, but I read it as a very slow animation, suspense.
It’s still a totally different experience to the comic reading experience, where you can scan the page with your eyes and take the story in in your own pace and order!